French farmers check the load of a lorry transporting ham as they block trucks that transport food goods coming from foreign countries at the French German border in Strasbourg, France, during a protest against a squeeze in margins by retailers and food processors July 27, 2015. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler 

French farmers block the entrance of a dairy in Ancenis, France, during a protest against a squeeze in margins by retailers and food processors July 23, 2015. France announced measures worth up to 1.1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) on Wednesday to support its livestock farmers and try to halt protests which have escalated in recent days into road blockades in the northwest. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

French farmers block the entrance of a dairy in Ancenis, France, during a protest against a squeeze in margins by retailers and food processors July 23, 2015. France announced measures worth up to 1.1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) on Wednesday to support its livestock farmers and try to halt protests which have escalated in recent days into road blockades in the northwest. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

French farmers block the entrance of a dairy in Ancenis, France, during a protest against a squeeze in margins by retailers and food processors July 23, 2015. France announced measures worth up to 1.1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) on Wednesday to support its livestock farmers and try to halt protests which have escalated in recent days into road blockades in the northwest. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Farmers listen to Xavier Beulin (Rear), President of France's farmer's union group FNSEA, as he speaks to them on the A7 highway after they entered Lyon, France, with their tractors during a protest against a squeeze in margins by retailers and food processors July 23, 2015. France announced measures worth up to 1.1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) on Wednesday to support its livestock farmers and try to halt protests which have escalated in recent days into road blockades in the northwest. Message on shirt reads, "Buy French, Eat Well". REUTERS/Robert Pratta 

French farmers drive their tractors on the A7 highway as they enter Lyon, France, during a protest against a squeeze in margins by retailers and food processors July 23, 2015. France announced measures worth up to 1.1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) on Wednesday to support its livestock farmers and try to halt protests which have escalated in recent days into road blockades in the northwest. REUTERS/Robert Pratta 

French farmers block the A6 highway in Limonest, near Lyon, France, to protest against a squeeze in margins by retailers and food processors July 23, 2015. France announced measures worth up to 1.1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) on Wednesday to support its livestock farmers and try to halt protests which have escalated in recent days into road blockades in the northwest. The slogan reads "Prices for our production". REUTERS/Robert Pratta


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A woman takes a picture with her mobile phone of the slogan "Valls, we're waiting for you", in reference to France's prime minister, which is written with tyres on the A6 highway as French farmers block it access in Limonest, near Lyon, France, to protest against a squeeze in margins by retailers and food processors July 23, 2015. France announced measures worth up to 1.1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) on Wednesday to support its livestock farmers and try to halt protests which have escalated in recent days into road blockades in the northwest. REUTERS/Robert Pratta 

The slogan "Valls, we're waiting for you", in reference to France's prime minister, is written with tyres on A6 highway as French farmers block it access in Limonest, near Lyon, France, to protest against a squeeze in margins by retailers and food processors July 23, 2015. France announced measures worth up to 1.1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) on Wednesday to support its livestock farmers and try to halt protests which have escalated in recent days into road blockades in the northwest. REUTERS/Robert Pratta 

Elpida chips are seen at an electronic store in Tokyo's Akihabara district April 24, 2012. Toshiba Corp is no longer bidding for bankrupt Japanese chip maker Elpida Memory, sources close to the talks said, leaving a handful of foreign firms including SK hynix and Micron Technology in the race to take over the company. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

A man wearing a mask of Apple founder Steve Jobs stands in a line to buy an iPhone 4S in front of an Apple Store in Tokyo October 14, 2011. Apple Inc's latest iPhone went on sale in stores across the globe on Friday, with fans snapping up the final gadget unveiled during Steve Jobs' lifetime, many buying the phone as a tribute to the former Apple boss. Hundreds of fans queued around city blocks in Tokyo to be the first to get their hands on the iPhone 4S, which looks similar to the previous iPhone 4 but has a better camera, faster processor and well-received voice activated software. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY BUSINESS) 

A man uses a ethanol pump in a Shell gas station in Sao Paulo February 1, 2010. Brazil's Cosan, the world's largest ethanol and sugar processor, agreed on Monday to merge its ethanol and fuel distribution units with Royal Dutch Shell in a deal worth as much as $12 billion. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (BRAZIL - Tags: BUSINESS ENERGY) 

Bags of pistachio nuts are shown at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market in San Francisco, California March 31, 2009. A California nut grower and processor issued a nationwide recall of pistachios on Tuesday due to possible salmonella contamination, and authorities said consumers should avoid all pistachio products until more information was available. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENT HEALTH) 

A schoolgirl poses with her new 'Magellan' laptop at a primary school in Lisbon September 23, 2008. Portugal's Socialist government began the roll-out on Tuesday of 500,000 ultra-cheap laptops for school children in a programme that could be extended to Venezuela, the government said. The computers called 'Magellan' after 16th-century Portuguese explorer Magalhaes Magellan will use Intel processors and will be offered to schools at a subsidised price of 50 euros. REUTERS/Nacho Doce (PORTUGAL) 

Memory chips, collected from discarded electronic items, are pictured at Dowa Holdings Co's Eco-System Recycling Co, a recycling plant, in Honjo, north of Tokyo March 28, 2008. Thinking of throwing out your old cell phone? Think again. Maybe you should mine it first for gold, silver, copper and a host of other metals embedded in the electronics -- many of which are enjoying near-record prices. It's called "urban mining", scavenging through the scrap metal in old electronic products in search of such gems as iridium and gold, and it is a growth industry around the world as metal prices skyrocket. Picture taken March 28, 2008. To match feature JAPAN-METALS/RECYCLING. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN) 

A woman displays a package of E-cigarette, an electronic substitute in the form of a rod, slightly longer than a normal cigarette, in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on March 25, 2008. The changeable filter contains a liquid with nicotine and propylene glycol. When the user inhales as he would when smoking, air flow is detected by a sensor and a micro-processor activates an atomizer which injects tiny droplets of the liquid into the flowing air, producing a vapour. E cigarette, which retails for 78 euros, is powered by a rechargeable battery. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE) 

FILE PHOTO 3APR00 - The U.S. government on April 28 urged a judge to break Microsoft Corp. into two separate companies to curb its monopoly power in key software. The 17-page proposal from the U.S. Justice Department and a number of states to a federal judge hearing the landmark Microsoft antitrust case would separate Microsoft's Windows operating system from software applications like word processors and spreadsheets. Microsoft President Steve Ballmer is shown at the Microsoft Studios during an April 3 press conference in Redmond, Washington. apb/Photo by Anthony P.

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Customers examine Japanese-made word processors at a shop in the Akihabara district of Tokyo , where computer and electronic shops are centered April 3. Amid the deteriorating Japanese economy, personal computer shops and PC makers are suffering from sluggish sales. The Chairman of Japan's electronics giant Sony, Norio Ohga stunned foreign reporters on April 2 by saying that the nation's economy was on the brink of collapse. Ohga's comments followed a survey by Japan's central bank showing confidence among Japanese companies plunged in late March.

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Dr.Michel Garetta sits with his hand to his face as he pauses while writing at a word processor in a window of his rented Brookline, Massachusetts home Oct. 24, a day after being sentenced to 4 years in prison for his role in France's AIDS tainted blood scandal. Garetta, former head of France's Blood Transfusion Center, allegedly knew AIDS tainted blood was being given to over 1000 hemophiliacs, many of whom now suffer from the disease. ? QUALITY DOCUMENT